Sunday, January 08, 2017

This 3,500-Year-Old Greek Tomb Upended What We Thought We Knew About the Roots of Western Civilization | History | Smithsonian

This 3,500-Year-Old Greek Tomb Upended What We Thought We Knew About the Roots of Western Civilization

This is not a breezy, condensed internet-friendly summary, but a lesson in history and archeology. It's a comprehensive analysis of the find, including lots of background on what was formerly thought about the origins of Mycenaean civilization and how this discovery will influence that line of thought.

1 comment:

  1. Hey thanks for pointing at this - it's the sort of thing that doesn't bleed, so it will never make the evening news & way too few people (myself not included) subscribe to Smithsonian.

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